Cigar-holder for hats.



W. W. KATTERHEINRIOH.

CIGAR HOLDER FOR HATS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

omrnn era 1 PAENT EEL CIGAR-HOLDER FOR HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Application filed September 24, 1909. Serial No. 519,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM W. KA'rrnR- HEINRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Knoxville, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Holders for Hats, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to cigar holders for hats, the object being to provide a holder which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one in which the holding members are so formed that the cigar will be firmly held in position so that all danger of the same wabbling and becoming broken is prevented thereby overcoming the disach vantages now existing with cigar holders of this character.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holder which can be easily and quickly placed in position in the ordinary hat and one which is provided with means for adjusting the same so as to suit any height crown.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a holder in which the body portion and the holding clips are formed of a single strip of metal, the holding clips being formed by cutting tongues out of the plate and bending the same upwardly.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder with adjustable supporting means which are adapted to fit between the sweat band and body of the hat and be held in that position by the pressure of the head on the sweat band.

With these various objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompa nyiug drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a hat showing the application of my improved cigar holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder detached and, Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my improved invention, I employ an oblong plate A formed of any suitable material, such as sheet metal, said plate having its ends split transversely for a portion of their width and the portions bent upwardly and inwardly to form guideways in which the stems of T-shaped holding members or supporting members B are adapted to lit, the heads of which are slightly curved to conform to the curvature of the hat and these heads are adapted to be placed between the sweat band and the body of the hat in such a manner that when the hat is placed upon the head the pressure of the head upon the sweat band will firmly hold the supporting members B in their proper positions. The guideways are so formed that the stems of the supporting members B fit snugly between the same whereby they will be held in their adjusted position by frictional contact therewith so that the holder can be adjusted to suit different sized heads or in order to allow the polder to be drawn away from the top of the The plate A is provided with a plurality of upwardly projecting tongues C which are arranged in sets as clearly shown, each set comprising two outer tongues and a central tongue, the upper ends of which are bent outwardly as shown at C so as to prevent the cigar being injured when the same is forced between the same and these tongues form cigar holders which will readily hold the cigar in position without any danger of the same moving in any way and it will be seen that these tongues are formed of the body which is formed of some flexible material so that the tongues will yield to allow the cigar to be forced between the same in order that the cigars will be held firmly be tween the same.

It will be seen that by arranging the tongues C in sets of three each set forming a holder the cigar will be gripped by the tongues at portions out of alinement with each other whereby it will be impossible for the cigar to move in any way.

It is of course understood that the plate A is bent slightly so as to fit within the hat as clearly shown and these sets of holders are spaced apart so as to hold the cigars out of contact with each other and by arranging the sets of holders as shown, half of a dozen cigars can be readily carried in the hat in such a manner that all danger of the same becoming broken is prevented.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a cigar holder which is formed of a body of flexible metal having a plurality of tongues punched upwardly therefrom provided with outwardly flanged ends so as to prevent the cigars from becoming injured When being placed Within the holders or removed therefrom.

What I claim is:

A cigar holder for hats comprising an oblong flexible plate having its ends splittransversel for a portion of their Width and the portions bent upwardly and inwardly to form guideways, T-shaped holding members slidably mounted Within said I f l 1 guideways, said plate being provided with integral upwardly projecting tongues arranged in sets of three the tongues of each set being out of longitudinal alinement and having their upper end portions bent out- Wardly.

WILLIAM WESLEY KAT'lERHElNRlCH. lVitnesses H. L. Mnolisrnorn, C. Wu. SOELMANN. 

